Fostering Social Worker – Fostering Services
West Yorkshire
Excellent Salary
My client a leading Independent Fostering Agency is looking to recruit a Fostering Social Worker to join their established team based in West Yorkshire. You will be part of a successful team that provides a fostering service and resources offering quality and skilled carers and well management placements that deliver on positive outcomes for children.
You will provide a full support service for all existing agency carers and proactively recruit and assess potential new carers.
You will have a professional qualification in social work and relevant experience of family placement, contributing to the recruitment, training, assessment, support and supervision of foster carers as well as being able to work in partnership with local authorities.
If you are looking for a long term career within a well established organisation, recognition and development then this brilliant opportunity is for you.
Responsibilities:
• Communicate effectively with carers and social work colleagues
• Undertake carer supervision and carers needs and to monitor that the carers are working towards the child’s individually placement plan
• Ensure training needs are met for foster carers
• Attend planning and review meetings
• Recruit and assess potential new carers
To discuss this role or any other Permanent Qualified Social Worker roles then please contact Sam Atkinson at the Synergy Group on 0113 220 7557 or e-mail your CV to (email address removed)
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Location: Leeds
Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 pa
Hours: Full-time
Type: Permanent
Starting: Immediately
Duration: Perm